Business & Contract Professional - Business Professional I - R13811

Job Posting

Sarasota County Government

$42,036.80 - $57,491.20 Annually

Sarasota, FL

Full-Time

Public Utilities

Continuous

About Our Job

This is professional work facilitating the development and monitoring of contracts, agreements, work assignments, exemptions, purchase requisitions, budgets and bid proposals also provides contract administration, financial support, and administrative support for Environmental Utilities.

Job Description

Facilitate the development of contracts / agreements / RFPs within the Business Center

Collaborate with management to determine business needs.

Partner with Procurement to facilitate the development of contracts, agreements, controls, and / or RFP's, reviews and supports the development of scopes, schedules, milestones, and vendor performance measures.

Partner with Procurement to facilitate internal contracts, agreements, and / or RFP review, advertisement, BCC approval, awarding, supports the negotiation processes and development of controls.

Monitor contract budgets, annual agreement budgets, exemption budgets and prepares reports and graphs for financial spending trends.

Prepare and / or tracks contract values, change orders, contract amendments, invoices, milestones, vendor performance results, and contract renewal periods.

Facilitate development and implementation of contract management procedures, annual agreements and exemption controls (SOPs).

Facilitate bid, contract, agreement negotiations.

Facilitate the Purchase Order (PO) process for the Business Unit.

Business Operation Functions :

Participate in business / budget planning and tracks the annual operating budget with regards to contracts.

Assist in continuous improvement of systems and processes.

Build strong internal / external relationships, vendor and community partnerships.

May be required to organize and conduct. internal learning and growth workshops.

Administrative Functions : Collaborate with the team to develop yearly grant applications for related projects and tracks the results from "cradle to grave."

Work Hours : Monday Friday, 8 : 00 a.m. 5 : 00 p.m.

About You

Minimum Qualifications : An Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university with three (3) years of job-related experience OR a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in job-related field; one-year job related experience preferred. Five (5) years professional related experience can be substituted for the degree at management discretion.

Job Competencies :

Knowledge of budgeting process.

Ability to prioritize, organize workload.

Ability to collect and analyze financial data. Knowledge and understanding of GovMax.

Knowledge of research techniques and methods of data collection.

Ability to interpret and apply moderately complex principles, policies, practices.

Ability to work with simple legal documents and grant applications.

About Everything Else

Pay : $42,036.80 - $57,491.20

This Posting is currently Open Until Filled